The Dash Downtown Ballpark

[JerseyBoy]

WOW! Didn't see that one coming!

[DCMetroRaleigh]

that's huge. and that skyline view is great.

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Renderings:

Here are the renderings:

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Construction Update 10-30-07

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Here are the photos I got from today's festivities:

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Part II:

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Part III:

[yadkinv]

I can only say WOW! I hope the skyline is that pronounced from the finished product!

[winston's finest]

it would be wonderful to be able to go to a game and see tha skyline like that at night, especially during a fireworks show.

I believe that the drawings were very conceptual, they really dont appear very final. Don't worry people I am sure it will come out quite nicely. But you can't satisfy everyone

[cityboi]

This really will be a great catalyst for downtown. I do think the design could use some improvement. It looks a little plain and I really expected more. but im sure the view from with insind will be breath taking

[twincity]

^^^ thats not the design...just a sketch for the ceremony. we will see the final rendering later this month.

[cityboi]

thats great to know. Some one should start a Winston-Salem ballpark website the way I did for Greensboro. BTW during Gboro's ballpark construction, my ballpark website, backed by Action Greensboro, was the official campaign website in support of the stadium. Maybe one of you guys here from Winston could start a downtown Winston-Salem ballpark website with renderings and show photos of the construction process the way I did. Trust me its alot of fun

[intcvlcphlga]

I'm happy that this side of downtown is getting developed.

[JerseyBoy]

It looks like they are getting ready to pave the temporary surface parking lots and roadways:

Update 12-1-07

Incase anyone feels like trespassing under the gate for some update photos:

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Very exciting!

[JerseyBoy]

Two quick update photos I took while getting onto the Business 40 ramp:

Update 12-8-07

[frontporchguy]

Sketches in today's Journal look different from those presented at the groundbreaking a few weeks ago, and a lot less grand than those shown to the public at the first of the year (the overhead "Camden shot") and an earlier set still back in December 2006. I thought this thing was to be designed by a firm from Kansas City. Are they totally out of the loop now? CJMW are fine for filling it out, but I don't see the "vision thing" of a nationally known ballpark architect as orginally promised. Or is the difference between bland architect AutoCAD drawings and "artist's renderings"? I miss the oomph in presentation - I hope we won't miss the oomph on the ground! Someone make me feel better?

[cityboi]

can someone scan the lastes renderings from the Winston-Salem Journal and and post them?

I know this was presented at the ground breaking

and this was the first rendering

[suburban george3]

This is the graphic from today's journal.... it really didn't do much for me. The article says this should still mimic 'Camden Yards.'

There is also to be a '6 story replica of a bottle of Primo Water.' Not so sure about that....

Here is a link to the article..

[cityboi]

based on the plan layout you posted suburban george3, they are going with the CAD design. Im sure the final product will be much nicer though. CAD drawings can tend to be a little plain and show less detail.

[twincity]

i dont have a hard copy of the paper. is it a rendering or an elevation drawing... which is a big difference. elevations never do the final product any justice.

so Im going out on a limb, and assuming that it will be named Primo Park. why else add a big water bottle to the top?

[twincity]

can somebody scan and post a bigger rendering?

[frontporchguy]

These I originally found posted tonight at http://winstonsalemskyscrapers.com/forum/v...c&start=405

More detail than in Journal, 360 from Kansas City still working with the group, and I like better the texture in the brick in these renderings which did not show clearly in the Journal today. I still like the design from earlier this year better - two toned, lighter brick, the parabolic curve of the home plate side's exterior was broken up by pronounced windowed and roofed extrusions, not just textures in the brick facade (sorry. I'm no architect so don't know the lingo LOL), and the roof covering was more intersesting. I wish details weren't so hard for the public (which is investing in this) to see.... The factory look (all brick) makes me thing of the Brickyard at NCSU in front of Harrelson Hall, and all one color brick - the factory look - works better if you are actually near factories - they aren't. Hopefully it should blend in with phase two's designs - does this mean phase two is to be all one color brick??? (Give me Edwardian banding in the brick at least!)

Still wonder about the water bottle - perched on the top and never mentioned to neighbors before now (wouldn't a fountain in front have said "water" with more style? If stadium has naming rights, won't they be subsumed by the presence of a water bottle? Oh well...bring on phase two

[JerseyBoy]

A site-plan of the ballpark:

Is it just me, or does it look like there isn't enough room for Phase 2 (movie theater, shops, residential, etc.)?

[suburban george3]

Thought I would bump this project layout back-up that I had posted earlier.. it shows that Phase 2 is not addressed in yesterdays graphic. It does look like the parking area has been 're-arranged' and not as attractive as first presented and that their are areas that were to be buildings(?) that are now surface lots?!?